PayPal now available for US Xbox LIVE Accounts

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matt247 on 06 August 2009

http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/08/06/pay-pal-now-available-for-us-xbox-live-accounts.aspx

If you are in the United States, you can now use PayPal as a method of payment for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

You can use PayPal to buy Microsoft Points without having to associate your credit card information to your Xbox LIVE account. If you are new to PayPal, please sign up first and then follow the steps below to associate your account with Xbox LIVE.

It’s pretty easy and just like adding a credit card to your account. Sign in to Xbox.com and head to the account summary page. From there choose “Manage Payment Options” (from the left navigation menu) then click “Add a new PayPal Account.” Follow the instructions and you’ll be set up in no time.

A couple of things to point out:

PayPal is currently supported for Xbox LIVE users in the U.S. only.

PayPal can only be used to purchase Microsoft Points on Xbox.com.

PayPal accounts are not available for purchasing Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360 console.

You can associate multiple Pay Pal accounts with your Xbox LIVE account

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Aion on 06 August 2009

Only if i knew what Paypal was, otherwise this is great news.

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Xoj on 06 August 2009

this is excellent news, sadly it's US only and paypal it's available everywhere.
i bought a xbox live card 1600 yesterday for a friend this would have saved me 5$.

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sguy78 on 06 August 2009

Good stuff.

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PullusPardus on 06 August 2009

Excellent, i want this on PSN ! (and why is it US only? jeez)

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PullusPardus on 06 August 2009

Aion said:
Only if i knew what Paypal was, otherwise this is great news.

Paypal is a popular payment method that is used alot in sites on Ebay and Amazon, its to what people believe is a "Safe" way to spend your credit card online. without having it stolen or something.

some people online only allow PayPal as their payment method.

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piggychan on 06 August 2009

awwww hope it's available for europe soon too

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LordMatrix on 07 August 2009

Aion said:
Only if i knew what Paypal was, otherwise this is great news.

Have you heard of Ebay? If so you know who Paypal is also. You need to setup an account with Paypal in order to buy or sell on Ebay. Most people like using Paypal accounts for purchases for many different online purchases because it is secure and Paypal handles any issues with payment processing and shipments if they did occur at all, especially when dealing with issues you can run into on Ebay.

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